Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Criticism of Facebook for allowing violent videos - XXI Century Journal

After ban in May, Facebook re-enable display and share video and even violent people being beheaded. British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has called for explanations through his Twitter account.

“It is irresponsible of Facebook posting videos of beheadings, especially without warning. Should explain his actions to the parents concerned,” wrote the head of the British Government.

The network has confirmed that believes that users should be free to see and condemn this kind of videos. “People share videos to convict. If the video was being held, or acts encouraged, our approach would be different,” said a spokeswoman.

banned Facebook in May this year the dissemination of this type of videos as their own advisers of the Institute for Security online family felt that they had crossed “boundaries”.

Given the criticism from the British government, the social network envisages ” include a warning in advance that the image that is going to show graphic content. “

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